Allergic to the World

[itsallovernow]

So I'm waiting for my student, who is clearly not going to show up, which pisses me off because I could be at home watching the rest of the MI-5 marathon which is what I was doing before I bothered to bathe and get dressed and leave the house. I stayed in my pajamas all day because I am apparently allergic to the entire Southern California region and feel like crap. I spent all day yesterday at bbq's outside, sneezing, coughing, drinking margaritas, and generally feeling miserable and nothing seems to be helping, so I'm really frelling cranky. Don't feel like reading or writing, and I feel like a slug for lazing about watching TV.

On the upside, I got to see the three MI-5 eps I hadn't seen, although the season finale was ruined for me by frigging A&E who completely gave away what was going to happen. The series improved radically from Ep. 1 to Ep. 6. I'm not sure how I feel about Tom, pretty as he is. He's a bit morose and hangdoggy for me, but he has lovely, questionable morals. And beautiful eyelashes. They all do - morals, not eyelashes. Tessa now. Her I adore. Shifty and smart and out for herself.

I figured out, to some extent how to write through the mental block on Blue Eyes. I think I know where to go next, now I just have to write it, when I can stop sneezing on the computer screen. It's mothers and daughters, wants and wishes and when do you finally let your children make their own mistakes, and how do you deal with the consequences. I feel much better now.

suelac has pointed out, and reiterated a 7 Virtues challenge. I think that's going to be my side project for this week if I can get my 3 chapters written. It'll be my personal treat.

Hope everyone had a labor free Labor day, and that those not partaking of the fine American "summer's over now get your asses back to work on Friday" holiday, still had a lovely Monday.

I'm going home, student be damned. He's clearly not showing. I'm going to go watch John Quixote to make myself feel better. And I'm going to drink a cherry lambic while I do it.

Comments

[barkley.livejournal.com]

I've learned my lessons about their promos. I previously lapped up promos like a dog, but now? I completely understand and intend to be one of those people who jumps up and shuts off the TV just as the promo comes on.

Tessa rocks. She gets better with every episode.

And I unashamedly love Tom, the lying bastard even if I cringe every time he says, "Don't be silly" when caught in a lie.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

I love Tessa. Unabashedly. She's just so much smarter than everyone else. I'd love to read all the backstory on her. I'm still not sure about Tom. I see his appeal, sigh at the sad face and his I'm so pretty you won't notice the lies and deceit I hold behind my back. Those are all plusses. It's the sincerity and regret that I'm not sure of yet:) I'm hoping they're also a sham.

And the promos - I mistakenly thought they were only of the UPN/WB scale of giving away the game, until they showed the promo for the second season right after the promo for the season finale. I went into it knowing exactly what was going to happen after determinedly not reading any spoiler posts.

[elishavah.livejournal.com]

Stupid students. :)

I love the layers in MI-5. These aren't cutouts, they're characters. And I hope that the second season continues to include Jools. Please. (And since it seems like other people didn't know, I'll also point you toward The Grid to get all the scenes that A&E cut from the original.)

I'm going to go watch John Quixote to make myself feel better.

Okay, there's a sentence I never thought I'd see. I absolutely adore this episode, but I don't know that I think of it as a pick-me-up. *g*

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Oooh, excellent. I'll go have a look at the Grid. Thanks for the heads up.

I do like all the shiftiness and complexity of the characters, even if sometimes I try to add up all the double crossing and come up short. However, considering I continued to watch Angel all last season when they had the sun go down on L.A., but apparently nowhere else, I can take a little uncertainty about the spooky stuff (I do think they do a good job with all the threads, but sometimes the tie ups are a little abrupt).

And I don't know if John Quixote is necessarily a pick me up, more a damn I love this frelling show kind of thing. Makes my brain work every single time I watch it:)